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Posted 9 years agoI just want to take time to say thank you to the artists who allow me to view their art without shoving Patreon down my throat.
Excluding personal contacts and possible dead accounts - even at a $1 per subscription - I would be spending over $275 a month for "access" art.
That is beyond me.
So thank you, artists, for not abusing Patreon, as I have been afraid of since it started.
Excluding personal contacts and possible dead accounts - even at a $1 per subscription - I would be spending over $275 a month for "access" art.
That is beyond me.
So thank you, artists, for not abusing Patreon, as I have been afraid of since it started.
Twitter & Telegram
Posted 9 years agoJust letting you guys know in a random Journal that I do use Twitter and Telegram!
Trithwolf for both!
Trithwolf for both!
(Almost) 10 Years...
Posted 11 years agoCan you believe it's almost been 10 years since I joined the furry fandom?
I can't remember the exact day that it happened, but I remember I was 19 when I started getting into YiffStar, now known as SoFurry. I followed YiffStar down into their MUCK, and met many furries. It was a very different time of my life. When I look back I barely recognize the person I once was. What I do remember is that my first impression of the furry fandom was so positive that I knew I never wanted to leave. I began to process of integrating it into my daily life, and it has been that way ever since. Everyone was so damn friendly and kind to me that I wanted to lose myself in that world.
I remember the furries I met, who were both innocently playful and promiscuous. I didn't know what I was getting into. I know that I was still finding myself as a person, and I owe a lot of who I turned out to be because of the people I had relationships with (both intimately and not).
Foxxy, Yashrim, CuteFoxBoy, Nova Draconus, Marcus, Anthony, Toumal, Aegis, Neko, Ogami, Arcis, Ceralor... and much more.
In the last ten years I have experienced much, both pleasure and pain. I have experienced my Crucible, and it has changed me as if baptizing me into someone completely different than I was when I started. Yet I can always look back and know that being a furry was a constant theme in the background, and one that helped me in the search for my soul. I will also say, without shame, that I would not have sexually matured as healthily as I have without the fandom.
I have transitioned a lot over the years, from the YiffStar MUCK to SecondLife, from Tapestries to F-List. I went on a long journey to find love, and I met some wonderful furs along the way. Some of those furries are my friends forever, even if I don't talk to them anymore because life has become so busy. There are some experienced that hurt, deeply, but they taught me lessons that became part of the foundation of me. They have become part of my moral spectrum.
There are days that go by that I reflect, sometimes with regret, that I have passed by my golden years here. Sometimes I feel those amazing experiences are forever gone. The deepness is over. Everything has stopped being so exciting, and has instead just become...stationary. It's there, like that painting on the wall that you once admired yet now neglect the intricate brush-strokes that drew you to love it when you first saw it. Yet, sentimentally, you could never see it NOT on the wall.
Yet, I try to tell myself that this is yet another transition. I have made close friends, people that I have hugged, kissed, and made love to in real life. The furry fandom moved from being something I imagined into being something I could touch. I have seen the real people behind those I've met here. All I want to do is keep as much of it as I can. I want that painting to come alive again.
If you've following me from the past, and you've gone this far in my journal, I ask that you please reach out to me. I would love to hear from you again, catch up, and reconnect. Even if I've forgotten your name, it would be rare that I have forgotten how you've influenced me. I'm terrible with names, to be honest, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten the designs and etchings in my heart.
To ten years...
And hopefully to ten more...
I love you all.
~Trith
I can't remember the exact day that it happened, but I remember I was 19 when I started getting into YiffStar, now known as SoFurry. I followed YiffStar down into their MUCK, and met many furries. It was a very different time of my life. When I look back I barely recognize the person I once was. What I do remember is that my first impression of the furry fandom was so positive that I knew I never wanted to leave. I began to process of integrating it into my daily life, and it has been that way ever since. Everyone was so damn friendly and kind to me that I wanted to lose myself in that world.
I remember the furries I met, who were both innocently playful and promiscuous. I didn't know what I was getting into. I know that I was still finding myself as a person, and I owe a lot of who I turned out to be because of the people I had relationships with (both intimately and not).
Foxxy, Yashrim, CuteFoxBoy, Nova Draconus, Marcus, Anthony, Toumal, Aegis, Neko, Ogami, Arcis, Ceralor... and much more.
In the last ten years I have experienced much, both pleasure and pain. I have experienced my Crucible, and it has changed me as if baptizing me into someone completely different than I was when I started. Yet I can always look back and know that being a furry was a constant theme in the background, and one that helped me in the search for my soul. I will also say, without shame, that I would not have sexually matured as healthily as I have without the fandom.
I have transitioned a lot over the years, from the YiffStar MUCK to SecondLife, from Tapestries to F-List. I went on a long journey to find love, and I met some wonderful furs along the way. Some of those furries are my friends forever, even if I don't talk to them anymore because life has become so busy. There are some experienced that hurt, deeply, but they taught me lessons that became part of the foundation of me. They have become part of my moral spectrum.
There are days that go by that I reflect, sometimes with regret, that I have passed by my golden years here. Sometimes I feel those amazing experiences are forever gone. The deepness is over. Everything has stopped being so exciting, and has instead just become...stationary. It's there, like that painting on the wall that you once admired yet now neglect the intricate brush-strokes that drew you to love it when you first saw it. Yet, sentimentally, you could never see it NOT on the wall.
Yet, I try to tell myself that this is yet another transition. I have made close friends, people that I have hugged, kissed, and made love to in real life. The furry fandom moved from being something I imagined into being something I could touch. I have seen the real people behind those I've met here. All I want to do is keep as much of it as I can. I want that painting to come alive again.
If you've following me from the past, and you've gone this far in my journal, I ask that you please reach out to me. I would love to hear from you again, catch up, and reconnect. Even if I've forgotten your name, it would be rare that I have forgotten how you've influenced me. I'm terrible with names, to be honest, but that doesn't mean I've forgotten the designs and etchings in my heart.
To ten years...
And hopefully to ten more...
I love you all.
~Trith
In Support of FA Staff - Against the Drama
Posted 12 years agoIt has been a long time since I last posted a journal, but lately I have been seeing things that I just cannot seem to ignore and feel the need to address. The amount of drama directed at FA and its administration is absurd and unwarranted, and in response I am throwing in my support. I will not pretend that I am not defending 
Dragoneer, because I am. As the leader of this artistic establishment we call "FurAffinity", Dragoneer gets a lot of undeserved prosecution from those who do not understand the contribution he is trying to make to the furry community as a whole, despite misguided, and even wholly ignorant, attempts to antagonize him. However, my defense of Dragoneer is meant as an attempt to prevent further disruption to FA as a whole. This journal is not meant to stand as drama, but is instead an argument made in the defense of the community that many know as furaffinity.
It should be important to note that a community, any community, is only as strong as those who contribute to that community. This is an all-inclusive rule that does not seclude itself to just organizers, decision makers, and investors. Despite whatever leaders are established within that community, those leaders have little to no power if they have nobody to lead or follow them. While this may seem an elementary conclusion, it is one that many people often forget. Leaders often only represent themselves in a way that would benefit the people that they lead, and there are quite a few philosophical approaches that can be used to approach a plethora of situations in such a way as to make any prediction an exercise in futility. While some of the decisions made can conflict with the moral and ethical values of some, they are often made to suit a larger purpose than as a benefit to an administrative minority.
Now, I'm not going to go in depth about philosophical matters of society and personal ethic. Any educated individual should be able to break down the functional aspects of society, subcultures, and leadership roles involved. Sometimes decisions have to be made in order to assure the successful future of the subculture among the larger society that surrounds it. Countless furries understand what it feels like to be seen in an undeserved negative way. In fact, that is how many furries found their way to the fandom; by societal rejection in one form or another. Therefore, it shouldn't be hard to expect a lot of furries to understand that there are some decisions that are hard to make, despite the amount of dislike those decisions will cause. While I am not saying that personal bias is not included in some of those decisions, it is important to remember that leaders still must conform to the influences put upon them by the larger society as a whole in order to preserve the structural integrity of what they want to represent. If they do not want to see the entirety of a sub-community become ostracized by the overall surrounding society, and eventually shut down by the legal mandates that are included with that, they will have to be willing to segregate themselves from the minority that threatens to violate that (yes, angsty cub-furs, I'm looking at you here). In this situation, bias is but an insignificant portion of the overall decision.
Likewise, the leaders included within a sub-culture must also hold to those legal sanctions of the larger communities that surround them. A lot of the decisions that they have to make need to fall within the legal parameters of society, and can be held personally responsible for violations. There are many examples where the leaders of an organization or business are held personally responsible for the representations made by their members, and FA, as well as most organized forms of the fandom, are no different. If there are any long-term violations of societal law directly surrounding an organized group, it is often the leaders who have to suffer the consequences and not the members. With that being said, those leaders have to make the appropriate decisions to cover themselves from those consequences, even if it means that those decisions are unpopular among the rest of the members.
With that being said, leaders often have to hold an expectation to uphold their own law using the same legal system that surrounds them. If the method seems flawed, it is only because the methods of legal dispute among the larger society is flawed, not the method of the leader of a community. In either case, this is the reason why many leaders have to make their decisions based on whether or not they would be able to hold their own case accountable in a court of law based on the legal system that surrounds them. If someone approaches that leader without proper proof and/or modus operandi, palpable and concrete, then that leader may be forced to take the same action that would be expected of his legal surroundings. Basically, "if it won't hold up in court, it won't hold up here".
Finally, most organizations are bound by their locations. Furaffinity, in this case, has its primary location in the United States of America. When it comes to any societal or legal concerns, it must adhere to what is acceptable for its direct location. That means that what takes place within must uphold to the societal laws directly surrounding. While some things may be acceptable in Germany, Brazil, Italy, and etc. they may not be acceptable in the United States, which is why some content that is appropriate there will not be appropriate here. The internet, as much as everyone believes it to be a universally global tool with free expression for everyone, still has owners that are held accountable by the laws in which they physically live, and I have yet to see someone live outside of the planet Earth.
----
Now, with all of this in mind, I feel the need to explain to some furries exactly what FurAffinity is and is not, because it seems to me that some may have forgotten the purpose behind it. While many would be content to see FA as a separate entity held accountable by its leaders, I would assure you that it is not. FA is a community represented by every furry as a whole, and is only regulated by the administrators (leaders) that run it. Those who are new coming into the fandom gain their first impressions by the consideration that furries hold for one another. Personally, if I was brand new to the community and I saw the amount of drama that blew up in my inbox on an regular basis, I would feel as if this particular community is not worth the trouble. Society as a whole already views furries as an oddity. Some would even say that furries are a detrimental challenge to societal values, and there is little reason to cause doubt in that if there is no evidence to support the claim that furries can be considered a betterment to their own community, let alone a betterment to a wider cause.
Furaffinity was meant as a free place where both artist and commissioner can come together and trade services for currency. FA is a social medium and free service to all of those who wish to show their support to artists of all trades, and allows the furry community to come together and share in their appreciation of each other's talents. It is important to remember that while the bulk of the community gets to enjoy this free service, it is by no means actually free. Donations are made regularly, and the leaders that some would like to prosecute on a regular basis spend their own out-of-pocket money on whatever expenses are needed to keep the website together. The last figure that I, myself, was given to indicate the amount of spending to help FA continue was in the $1,900 range as a monthly expense. That means that, whether it is with donations or out-of-pocket expense, it takes a total of $22,800 a year to keep FA running. I would like to know who has that kind of money to spare somewhere in their sock drawer. If you have not made any donations to pay for the expenses, or haven't paid to have your art advertised, that it takes to keep things running, then there is little reason for you to complain about the FREE service you are provided every single day. Even if you have, it is important to remember that you get what you give. Unless you are providing a hefty bulk of the expenses it takes to keep FA running, you may find yourself having little leverage in the amount of changes that take place.
With that being said, since FurAffinity is meant more as a free medium, like a marketplace, for people to peruse through artistic expression, send out communications of monetary and service interest, and join in conversation about favorable talent, it is not run in the same ways that a normal business would. Just as one would expect from a flea market or a warehouse store, the only expenses that keep FA together are those that are paid by the advertising artists and those who wish to see the community stay together through personal donation. It's just enough to keep the lights on and the servers going. Few people other than the artists are actually making a pure profit from keeping the site together for you to use, and it is the furry community that chooses to represent themselves through FA that get any sort of true benefit from the establishment of furaffinity.net.
This means that the administration of FA is not expected to always conduct themselves in the same way that a business would. They receive very little from being an administrator to a site that most people take for granted as a free site. They need only make the decisions that are necessary to keep the site from suffering from the legal consequences that could befall them as people, as well as furaffinity as whole, if they choose not to address it. Everything else they do is a service that they do out of personal sacrifice for the betterment of the community. Every time they report someone to Artist Beware, every time they ban a disruptive user, and every time they take action against someone copying artwork, they are doing so as a sacrifice to personal time and energy. It is impossible to expect them to address all of the concerns that are given to them in a timely fashion, nor should they be expected to handle every situation that arises with remarkable moral or ethical precision. Anything that takes place within their supervision must be weighed through an internal system of checks and balances before they take any sort of corrective action, and as I have already stated they must adhere to the legal rules of the surrounding society first and foremost.
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I find it detestable that some people still choose to antagonize the administration of FA in the hopes of shutting down one of the few well-run art sites available to the community. What's worse is that there are those who would goad those administrators in the hopes of catching them in an unethical or immoral situation in which to capitalize on the issue. Often, words are taken out of context from higher sources, such as Dragoneer and his wife Sciggles, in order to further cast them away into a negative representation. It's so much, sometimes, that only a communication major would be able to guard themselves properly from the people who would use any means necessary in order to attack FA.
Dragoneer and the rest of the administration make a lot of personal sacrifice in order to bring us a website that functions well. Sure, there are a lot of features that other web hosts hold that would like to be seen here on FA, but for the sake of running the site well enough for many to get the media they want at such a rapid rate, some sacrifices must be made in order to keep the website running smoothly. There are a lot of people who could create competitive websites that could rival FA, and many have tried to this day, but there are few that can actually hold a candle to the amount of work and self-sacrifice to make the quality site that we know and love as furaffinity.net. Unfortunately, there are some who do not understand this, as they do not have the knowledge of what goes on behind the website that they visit daily. I find it regrettable that many of those people who remain ignorant are also those who have the biggest mouths.
I find it appropriate, now, to remind everyone that there are many artists that are branching out to multiple websites. Many do this not because they are dissatisfied with furaffinity but because they want to maximize their artistic exposure and increase their chances of getting commissions. For many artists, the amount of exposure that they have is paramount to paying some of their living expenses or their free-spending potential so that they can enjoy going to conventions, getting better artistic equipment, or more. While FA does hold the largest artistic galleries to date right now, that does not mean that there is little to no competition.
I understand it would be a shame if people had click their mouse buttons a few more times to visit other websites to view and commission their favorite artists. After all, lifting a finger is such an immense expense upon personal energy reserves. However, if you're so dissatisfied with FA then I encourage you to spend a little bit of that energy to go visit those other sites and commission your favorite artists there. If your favorite artist isn't there yet, then please be content to visit FA long enough to commission them. You are not required to participate in any conversations, journals, or comments on any submissions. Since FA is a free website, and more than likely you haven't made any donations to it in recent months, you will not be missed.
It would be best for your distaste for FA to be contained to quiet subtlety. Being an activist only works if it is done in a positive way.
For the rest of us who are grateful for the opportunities we are given, we will continue to enjoy the part of our community known as furaffinity. This site has contributed a lot to the flourishing of our community, our expression, and our exposure. I, personally, thank Dragoneer and his administrators for the decisions that they make in order to keep FA running, despite how unpopular it may sometimes be. Through their personal sacrifice of time and energy I can take the time to visit and appreciate art from everyone who is happy to submit it. Every single day I see beautiful characters, gorgeous landscapes, emotional stories, and resonating music made possible by furaffinity.net. I am proud to call myself a part of this free community, despite the minority of people who try desperately to ruin it for their own selfish gain. As a happy medium, I find myself fortunate and grateful to be able to use FA to make my commissions and show my appreciation to the artists whose services allow me to express myself through their work.
~Trith Selehmaht
*PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS JOURNAL AND HELP SHOW APPRECIATION FOR FA STAFF*
Dragoneer, because I am. As the leader of this artistic establishment we call "FurAffinity", Dragoneer gets a lot of undeserved prosecution from those who do not understand the contribution he is trying to make to the furry community as a whole, despite misguided, and even wholly ignorant, attempts to antagonize him. However, my defense of Dragoneer is meant as an attempt to prevent further disruption to FA as a whole. This journal is not meant to stand as drama, but is instead an argument made in the defense of the community that many know as furaffinity.It should be important to note that a community, any community, is only as strong as those who contribute to that community. This is an all-inclusive rule that does not seclude itself to just organizers, decision makers, and investors. Despite whatever leaders are established within that community, those leaders have little to no power if they have nobody to lead or follow them. While this may seem an elementary conclusion, it is one that many people often forget. Leaders often only represent themselves in a way that would benefit the people that they lead, and there are quite a few philosophical approaches that can be used to approach a plethora of situations in such a way as to make any prediction an exercise in futility. While some of the decisions made can conflict with the moral and ethical values of some, they are often made to suit a larger purpose than as a benefit to an administrative minority.
Now, I'm not going to go in depth about philosophical matters of society and personal ethic. Any educated individual should be able to break down the functional aspects of society, subcultures, and leadership roles involved. Sometimes decisions have to be made in order to assure the successful future of the subculture among the larger society that surrounds it. Countless furries understand what it feels like to be seen in an undeserved negative way. In fact, that is how many furries found their way to the fandom; by societal rejection in one form or another. Therefore, it shouldn't be hard to expect a lot of furries to understand that there are some decisions that are hard to make, despite the amount of dislike those decisions will cause. While I am not saying that personal bias is not included in some of those decisions, it is important to remember that leaders still must conform to the influences put upon them by the larger society as a whole in order to preserve the structural integrity of what they want to represent. If they do not want to see the entirety of a sub-community become ostracized by the overall surrounding society, and eventually shut down by the legal mandates that are included with that, they will have to be willing to segregate themselves from the minority that threatens to violate that (yes, angsty cub-furs, I'm looking at you here). In this situation, bias is but an insignificant portion of the overall decision.
Likewise, the leaders included within a sub-culture must also hold to those legal sanctions of the larger communities that surround them. A lot of the decisions that they have to make need to fall within the legal parameters of society, and can be held personally responsible for violations. There are many examples where the leaders of an organization or business are held personally responsible for the representations made by their members, and FA, as well as most organized forms of the fandom, are no different. If there are any long-term violations of societal law directly surrounding an organized group, it is often the leaders who have to suffer the consequences and not the members. With that being said, those leaders have to make the appropriate decisions to cover themselves from those consequences, even if it means that those decisions are unpopular among the rest of the members.
With that being said, leaders often have to hold an expectation to uphold their own law using the same legal system that surrounds them. If the method seems flawed, it is only because the methods of legal dispute among the larger society is flawed, not the method of the leader of a community. In either case, this is the reason why many leaders have to make their decisions based on whether or not they would be able to hold their own case accountable in a court of law based on the legal system that surrounds them. If someone approaches that leader without proper proof and/or modus operandi, palpable and concrete, then that leader may be forced to take the same action that would be expected of his legal surroundings. Basically, "if it won't hold up in court, it won't hold up here".
Finally, most organizations are bound by their locations. Furaffinity, in this case, has its primary location in the United States of America. When it comes to any societal or legal concerns, it must adhere to what is acceptable for its direct location. That means that what takes place within must uphold to the societal laws directly surrounding. While some things may be acceptable in Germany, Brazil, Italy, and etc. they may not be acceptable in the United States, which is why some content that is appropriate there will not be appropriate here. The internet, as much as everyone believes it to be a universally global tool with free expression for everyone, still has owners that are held accountable by the laws in which they physically live, and I have yet to see someone live outside of the planet Earth.
----
Now, with all of this in mind, I feel the need to explain to some furries exactly what FurAffinity is and is not, because it seems to me that some may have forgotten the purpose behind it. While many would be content to see FA as a separate entity held accountable by its leaders, I would assure you that it is not. FA is a community represented by every furry as a whole, and is only regulated by the administrators (leaders) that run it. Those who are new coming into the fandom gain their first impressions by the consideration that furries hold for one another. Personally, if I was brand new to the community and I saw the amount of drama that blew up in my inbox on an regular basis, I would feel as if this particular community is not worth the trouble. Society as a whole already views furries as an oddity. Some would even say that furries are a detrimental challenge to societal values, and there is little reason to cause doubt in that if there is no evidence to support the claim that furries can be considered a betterment to their own community, let alone a betterment to a wider cause.
Furaffinity was meant as a free place where both artist and commissioner can come together and trade services for currency. FA is a social medium and free service to all of those who wish to show their support to artists of all trades, and allows the furry community to come together and share in their appreciation of each other's talents. It is important to remember that while the bulk of the community gets to enjoy this free service, it is by no means actually free. Donations are made regularly, and the leaders that some would like to prosecute on a regular basis spend their own out-of-pocket money on whatever expenses are needed to keep the website together. The last figure that I, myself, was given to indicate the amount of spending to help FA continue was in the $1,900 range as a monthly expense. That means that, whether it is with donations or out-of-pocket expense, it takes a total of $22,800 a year to keep FA running. I would like to know who has that kind of money to spare somewhere in their sock drawer. If you have not made any donations to pay for the expenses, or haven't paid to have your art advertised, that it takes to keep things running, then there is little reason for you to complain about the FREE service you are provided every single day. Even if you have, it is important to remember that you get what you give. Unless you are providing a hefty bulk of the expenses it takes to keep FA running, you may find yourself having little leverage in the amount of changes that take place.
With that being said, since FurAffinity is meant more as a free medium, like a marketplace, for people to peruse through artistic expression, send out communications of monetary and service interest, and join in conversation about favorable talent, it is not run in the same ways that a normal business would. Just as one would expect from a flea market or a warehouse store, the only expenses that keep FA together are those that are paid by the advertising artists and those who wish to see the community stay together through personal donation. It's just enough to keep the lights on and the servers going. Few people other than the artists are actually making a pure profit from keeping the site together for you to use, and it is the furry community that chooses to represent themselves through FA that get any sort of true benefit from the establishment of furaffinity.net.
This means that the administration of FA is not expected to always conduct themselves in the same way that a business would. They receive very little from being an administrator to a site that most people take for granted as a free site. They need only make the decisions that are necessary to keep the site from suffering from the legal consequences that could befall them as people, as well as furaffinity as whole, if they choose not to address it. Everything else they do is a service that they do out of personal sacrifice for the betterment of the community. Every time they report someone to Artist Beware, every time they ban a disruptive user, and every time they take action against someone copying artwork, they are doing so as a sacrifice to personal time and energy. It is impossible to expect them to address all of the concerns that are given to them in a timely fashion, nor should they be expected to handle every situation that arises with remarkable moral or ethical precision. Anything that takes place within their supervision must be weighed through an internal system of checks and balances before they take any sort of corrective action, and as I have already stated they must adhere to the legal rules of the surrounding society first and foremost.
----
I find it detestable that some people still choose to antagonize the administration of FA in the hopes of shutting down one of the few well-run art sites available to the community. What's worse is that there are those who would goad those administrators in the hopes of catching them in an unethical or immoral situation in which to capitalize on the issue. Often, words are taken out of context from higher sources, such as Dragoneer and his wife Sciggles, in order to further cast them away into a negative representation. It's so much, sometimes, that only a communication major would be able to guard themselves properly from the people who would use any means necessary in order to attack FA.
Dragoneer and the rest of the administration make a lot of personal sacrifice in order to bring us a website that functions well. Sure, there are a lot of features that other web hosts hold that would like to be seen here on FA, but for the sake of running the site well enough for many to get the media they want at such a rapid rate, some sacrifices must be made in order to keep the website running smoothly. There are a lot of people who could create competitive websites that could rival FA, and many have tried to this day, but there are few that can actually hold a candle to the amount of work and self-sacrifice to make the quality site that we know and love as furaffinity.net. Unfortunately, there are some who do not understand this, as they do not have the knowledge of what goes on behind the website that they visit daily. I find it regrettable that many of those people who remain ignorant are also those who have the biggest mouths.
I find it appropriate, now, to remind everyone that there are many artists that are branching out to multiple websites. Many do this not because they are dissatisfied with furaffinity but because they want to maximize their artistic exposure and increase their chances of getting commissions. For many artists, the amount of exposure that they have is paramount to paying some of their living expenses or their free-spending potential so that they can enjoy going to conventions, getting better artistic equipment, or more. While FA does hold the largest artistic galleries to date right now, that does not mean that there is little to no competition.
I understand it would be a shame if people had click their mouse buttons a few more times to visit other websites to view and commission their favorite artists. After all, lifting a finger is such an immense expense upon personal energy reserves. However, if you're so dissatisfied with FA then I encourage you to spend a little bit of that energy to go visit those other sites and commission your favorite artists there. If your favorite artist isn't there yet, then please be content to visit FA long enough to commission them. You are not required to participate in any conversations, journals, or comments on any submissions. Since FA is a free website, and more than likely you haven't made any donations to it in recent months, you will not be missed.
It would be best for your distaste for FA to be contained to quiet subtlety. Being an activist only works if it is done in a positive way.
For the rest of us who are grateful for the opportunities we are given, we will continue to enjoy the part of our community known as furaffinity. This site has contributed a lot to the flourishing of our community, our expression, and our exposure. I, personally, thank Dragoneer and his administrators for the decisions that they make in order to keep FA running, despite how unpopular it may sometimes be. Through their personal sacrifice of time and energy I can take the time to visit and appreciate art from everyone who is happy to submit it. Every single day I see beautiful characters, gorgeous landscapes, emotional stories, and resonating music made possible by furaffinity.net. I am proud to call myself a part of this free community, despite the minority of people who try desperately to ruin it for their own selfish gain. As a happy medium, I find myself fortunate and grateful to be able to use FA to make my commissions and show my appreciation to the artists whose services allow me to express myself through their work.
~Trith Selehmaht
*PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS JOURNAL AND HELP SHOW APPRECIATION FOR FA STAFF*
MLP:FiM WAY too much!
Posted 13 years agoAlright, I'm not usually one to post journals, but this one needs to be said.
Only 1 artist out of my whole list of watches has started frequently posted pony crap...
And I'm proud!
I'm so sick of MLP. I've seen both seasons, but I'm nowhere near the fanatic that some furries have gotten. The question I've been having is "where do you guys get all of this friggin' money to buy all your stuff?!" I ask this because I'm sure not all artists are fanatics too, they're just doing it to make money for themselves off their art.
I'm not a hater. Obviously I've seen the show. However, MLP:FiM has quickly become to me like Romeo and Juliet is to most school kids. It's been shoved down my throat (no pun intended) so much that I'm coming to hate it.
Fun Fact: Almost 1/3 of e621.net is now pony porn! In a little over a year, one-fucking-third of a porn website for furries has become MLP porn! That's rule 34 in overhaul! What's wrong with you people?!
Why do MLP fans preach so much against "clopping" when they're constantly paying to do it?! Not even Krystal from Star Fox, after all these years, can claim as much porn as MLP!
And one final question... Does this mean I'm going to be seeing a bunch of horse ranches spring up across the country side now? Because the anatomy featured on a lot of this porn is actual pony and horse anatomy on a non-anthro animal. Most furries are at least anthro characters that like to fuck each other, but ponies and horses are real...and I'm starting to be afraid that it won't be long before the rest of us are looking bad because some "bronies" are taking it WAY too far and are starting to get the real things to fuck.
If I ever look over a rolling hillside and see a yellow-painted horse with a pink dye-job over it's mane...I'm going to be pissed. The Republican-Christian type of pissed...and I'm not Republican or Christian.
Seriously, cool it with the fucking pony shit, guys. This is making me lose faith in my own community.
Only 1 artist out of my whole list of watches has started frequently posted pony crap...
And I'm proud!
I'm so sick of MLP. I've seen both seasons, but I'm nowhere near the fanatic that some furries have gotten. The question I've been having is "where do you guys get all of this friggin' money to buy all your stuff?!" I ask this because I'm sure not all artists are fanatics too, they're just doing it to make money for themselves off their art.
I'm not a hater. Obviously I've seen the show. However, MLP:FiM has quickly become to me like Romeo and Juliet is to most school kids. It's been shoved down my throat (no pun intended) so much that I'm coming to hate it.
Fun Fact: Almost 1/3 of e621.net is now pony porn! In a little over a year, one-fucking-third of a porn website for furries has become MLP porn! That's rule 34 in overhaul! What's wrong with you people?!
Why do MLP fans preach so much against "clopping" when they're constantly paying to do it?! Not even Krystal from Star Fox, after all these years, can claim as much porn as MLP!
And one final question... Does this mean I'm going to be seeing a bunch of horse ranches spring up across the country side now? Because the anatomy featured on a lot of this porn is actual pony and horse anatomy on a non-anthro animal. Most furries are at least anthro characters that like to fuck each other, but ponies and horses are real...and I'm starting to be afraid that it won't be long before the rest of us are looking bad because some "bronies" are taking it WAY too far and are starting to get the real things to fuck.
If I ever look over a rolling hillside and see a yellow-painted horse with a pink dye-job over it's mane...I'm going to be pissed. The Republican-Christian type of pissed...and I'm not Republican or Christian.
Seriously, cool it with the fucking pony shit, guys. This is making me lose faith in my own community.
Get your character in a comic!
Posted 13 years agoFA artist 
chioro is making a comic and is featuring lots of characters as extras! If you want to see your character somewhere in the comic, with a chance at having free art if your character is chosen to be featured on multiple occasions, just reply to the journal provided at the link below!
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3629333/
*PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ THE WHOLE JOURNAL BEFORE REPLYING!!!!
chioro is making a comic and is featuring lots of characters as extras! If you want to see your character somewhere in the comic, with a chance at having free art if your character is chosen to be featured on multiple occasions, just reply to the journal provided at the link below!http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3629333/
*PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ THE WHOLE JOURNAL BEFORE REPLYING!!!!
The Journal of TL;DR
Posted 14 years agoHuge status update...
Up until now I've been mostly out of it. I haven't submitted much. I haven't expected many to care much, so I don't clog up the journal queue like a lot of artist do. However, there have been a lot of things happening...
First of all, I normally wanted to do a lot of stories, but ever since I joined college all my writing has been taken up by school. By the time I get done with school work I don't want to write any longer. I'm exhausted, and by the time I'm done all I want to write is maybe a forum post once in a while. In this case, this is one of those rare moments I want to write outside of school. I know there are probably a lot of other artists that write anyway despite the fact that they are in school and do a lot of writing there as well. However, I'm also not that focused. I hate staring at the same thing and staying on the same subject for far too long. That's the kind of person I am. I hate staying on one thing without some kind of stimulus change. That being said, there's no stimulus change in a white piece of paper or a white writing screen. It's just...white with some words. Not something I can keep focused on for too long. Ask my friends. I take frequent breaks when I write a research paper...
As far as a creative outlet, I've been putting some work into a youtube channel I've been doing on my video games. Right now it's a lot of shooter multiplayer online. If you ever get interested I can give you a link. Let's just say that I've been experimenting a lot with video manipulation through Sony Vegas Pro. It's been fun, but I've also been slowing up on that a lot too...
Of course, you all know I moved to Auburn, AL back in July. Since I've been here it's been tough finding a job. I kept a security job for almost 4 years with two different companies before I moved here. I thought that my old employer was going to try and keep me, but after a while they stopped communicating with me altogether and it fell through. - So in response I got a job at a Verizon Wireless call center and it was officially the worst job I've ever had in my life. At the end of my time there I was to the point that I was crying every day before work, and at the end of my weekends off I literally shook and became hysterical at the thought of going back. I have never had a job that made me sick to my stomach so badly like that. So I quit, after finally deciding that my mental health was more important than the work I was doing. Right now I'm once again living on savings. I've been unofficially hired twice - Once with an Event Group that won't need me until September 4th, and also with Holiday Inn Express as a front desk clerk. Both employers have yet to start working me or giving me a paycheck, so I continue to search.
Ceralor and Jaeson have been nice to me, and so far I've had very little problems with them other than how messy they can make the place sometimes. However, as time keeps going on, I begin to feel more and more like a third wheel. They both have a loving relationship and spend all of their time together. They have jobs where they both ultimately work at almost the same time, so the moment they get home together they almost immediately sequester themselves in their "study", or their computer room. They're very close, and I've very happy for them, but being across the apartment and not really being involved other than going out for the occasional meal time makes me feel more and more like I'm just a fixture; an extra person. I contribute to the bills or to the cleaning of the house, and then I just go back into my room, though I can't say the fault is theirs. I've always been more of a recluse ever since the "incident" that happened about 5 years ago (I won't go into too many details). However, most of the time when they talk to one another about computers, it's like they're speaking in a foreign language. I don't have anyone who speaks about the same things I'm interested in, so despite the fact that I try my best to understand it's ultimately beyond me, and all I can do is nod my head and make a slow exit. Ceralor tries his best to explain it all to me, but since I have no idea where it all begins and ends I can't seem to make sense of even the analogies he tries to give me. I can't understand them most of the time when they speak computers, which is most of the day, and so I ultimately feel disconnected...
There are some friends I've made here, like Duma, Lucas, Con, Miirage, Sarakazi, and Odd Water the water otter (we just say Odder). They're good friends; some I see too much and others I see too little. Since I've moved in I've answered the prayers of at least Duma and Lucas, and tried my best to help Odder out of a bad situation he was in. I'm glad I can help, but at the same time all I did was make a few connections and I'm starting to wonder if I've done something healthy for them. When I hear of venting conflicts I sometimes have to question whether what I did was truly for the best. Did I truly make things better...or did I make them worse? Lately all I seem to hear about is complaining, and when I try to solve those problems I have to wonder if I'm being listened to at all. Where does my own credibility lie with my friends?...
I admit that while I've been here in Auburn I have given into some more carnal desires. Lately I have been trying to refrain from such things because I realize I'm only doing more harm that good. However, with my self-worth and self-concept in such a poor state I can't help but try to get a temporary fix. However, I'm doing all I can to stop that and not get into it. Having a lack of libido lately helps me to do that...so that's a plus I suppose. As I get older I realize my overall annual libido is going to decline, as all men's do, and I can't help but feel sometimes as if I have wasted the time I had to enjoy more worldly desires. While some may say that this is not my fault, I can't help but question and to sometimes think that it is. In either case, with tears in my eyes, I have to admit to myself that the most likely conclusion of my life will be one of loneliness, just trying my best not to hurt others. Everything that I have tried in the past has come to fail me now, so I can't say anything that I've done has truly paid off...
I have my friends with me but I'm still alone in many respects. I can't bring anyone in and expect them to understand me. I love all of the people who have surrounded me, but I ultimately keep coming to the same crossroads when it comes down to it all. I'm the ultimate third wheel, trying to solve everyone's problems while at the same time appearing to be a hypocrite because I can't seem to solve my own. Every few months I open myself up and realize I'm still living that self-fulfilling prophecy of martyrdom. It's at those times I begin venting and sounding like I'm doing my best to throw some kind of pity party. (It's now that I'm writing this that I realize how ultimately annoying all of the flashing ads all over FA are) However, it's all just a written reflection and an outspoken wish. I admit to being one of those people who are like a volcano; a pressure cooker until the day it all pops. - I can only keep a happy face on for so long...
I've tried to have reflection time, but then I get distracted by other things or other people. I suppose here I've had a little bit of it and if you've read this far I thank you for hanging on. I know there's a lot here. That's my life so far in one massive journal...
P.S. to all my online friends, I haven't forgotten about you. I still value each and every single one of you, and thank you for being my friend for far longer than most of the people I've met thus far here on the internet. THank you for keeping your promises to the best of your ability, and thank you even more for being the few shining jewels that keep this world glowing a little brighter among most of the cold darkness that seems to thrive. I suppose in some ways it's better that we're all spread out across the world. It's probably better to keep the few lights shining in many places than all in one place...
Up until now I've been mostly out of it. I haven't submitted much. I haven't expected many to care much, so I don't clog up the journal queue like a lot of artist do. However, there have been a lot of things happening...
First of all, I normally wanted to do a lot of stories, but ever since I joined college all my writing has been taken up by school. By the time I get done with school work I don't want to write any longer. I'm exhausted, and by the time I'm done all I want to write is maybe a forum post once in a while. In this case, this is one of those rare moments I want to write outside of school. I know there are probably a lot of other artists that write anyway despite the fact that they are in school and do a lot of writing there as well. However, I'm also not that focused. I hate staring at the same thing and staying on the same subject for far too long. That's the kind of person I am. I hate staying on one thing without some kind of stimulus change. That being said, there's no stimulus change in a white piece of paper or a white writing screen. It's just...white with some words. Not something I can keep focused on for too long. Ask my friends. I take frequent breaks when I write a research paper...
As far as a creative outlet, I've been putting some work into a youtube channel I've been doing on my video games. Right now it's a lot of shooter multiplayer online. If you ever get interested I can give you a link. Let's just say that I've been experimenting a lot with video manipulation through Sony Vegas Pro. It's been fun, but I've also been slowing up on that a lot too...
Of course, you all know I moved to Auburn, AL back in July. Since I've been here it's been tough finding a job. I kept a security job for almost 4 years with two different companies before I moved here. I thought that my old employer was going to try and keep me, but after a while they stopped communicating with me altogether and it fell through. - So in response I got a job at a Verizon Wireless call center and it was officially the worst job I've ever had in my life. At the end of my time there I was to the point that I was crying every day before work, and at the end of my weekends off I literally shook and became hysterical at the thought of going back. I have never had a job that made me sick to my stomach so badly like that. So I quit, after finally deciding that my mental health was more important than the work I was doing. Right now I'm once again living on savings. I've been unofficially hired twice - Once with an Event Group that won't need me until September 4th, and also with Holiday Inn Express as a front desk clerk. Both employers have yet to start working me or giving me a paycheck, so I continue to search.
Ceralor and Jaeson have been nice to me, and so far I've had very little problems with them other than how messy they can make the place sometimes. However, as time keeps going on, I begin to feel more and more like a third wheel. They both have a loving relationship and spend all of their time together. They have jobs where they both ultimately work at almost the same time, so the moment they get home together they almost immediately sequester themselves in their "study", or their computer room. They're very close, and I've very happy for them, but being across the apartment and not really being involved other than going out for the occasional meal time makes me feel more and more like I'm just a fixture; an extra person. I contribute to the bills or to the cleaning of the house, and then I just go back into my room, though I can't say the fault is theirs. I've always been more of a recluse ever since the "incident" that happened about 5 years ago (I won't go into too many details). However, most of the time when they talk to one another about computers, it's like they're speaking in a foreign language. I don't have anyone who speaks about the same things I'm interested in, so despite the fact that I try my best to understand it's ultimately beyond me, and all I can do is nod my head and make a slow exit. Ceralor tries his best to explain it all to me, but since I have no idea where it all begins and ends I can't seem to make sense of even the analogies he tries to give me. I can't understand them most of the time when they speak computers, which is most of the day, and so I ultimately feel disconnected...
There are some friends I've made here, like Duma, Lucas, Con, Miirage, Sarakazi, and Odd Water the water otter (we just say Odder). They're good friends; some I see too much and others I see too little. Since I've moved in I've answered the prayers of at least Duma and Lucas, and tried my best to help Odder out of a bad situation he was in. I'm glad I can help, but at the same time all I did was make a few connections and I'm starting to wonder if I've done something healthy for them. When I hear of venting conflicts I sometimes have to question whether what I did was truly for the best. Did I truly make things better...or did I make them worse? Lately all I seem to hear about is complaining, and when I try to solve those problems I have to wonder if I'm being listened to at all. Where does my own credibility lie with my friends?...
I admit that while I've been here in Auburn I have given into some more carnal desires. Lately I have been trying to refrain from such things because I realize I'm only doing more harm that good. However, with my self-worth and self-concept in such a poor state I can't help but try to get a temporary fix. However, I'm doing all I can to stop that and not get into it. Having a lack of libido lately helps me to do that...so that's a plus I suppose. As I get older I realize my overall annual libido is going to decline, as all men's do, and I can't help but feel sometimes as if I have wasted the time I had to enjoy more worldly desires. While some may say that this is not my fault, I can't help but question and to sometimes think that it is. In either case, with tears in my eyes, I have to admit to myself that the most likely conclusion of my life will be one of loneliness, just trying my best not to hurt others. Everything that I have tried in the past has come to fail me now, so I can't say anything that I've done has truly paid off...
I have my friends with me but I'm still alone in many respects. I can't bring anyone in and expect them to understand me. I love all of the people who have surrounded me, but I ultimately keep coming to the same crossroads when it comes down to it all. I'm the ultimate third wheel, trying to solve everyone's problems while at the same time appearing to be a hypocrite because I can't seem to solve my own. Every few months I open myself up and realize I'm still living that self-fulfilling prophecy of martyrdom. It's at those times I begin venting and sounding like I'm doing my best to throw some kind of pity party. (It's now that I'm writing this that I realize how ultimately annoying all of the flashing ads all over FA are) However, it's all just a written reflection and an outspoken wish. I admit to being one of those people who are like a volcano; a pressure cooker until the day it all pops. - I can only keep a happy face on for so long...
I've tried to have reflection time, but then I get distracted by other things or other people. I suppose here I've had a little bit of it and if you've read this far I thank you for hanging on. I know there's a lot here. That's my life so far in one massive journal...
P.S. to all my online friends, I haven't forgotten about you. I still value each and every single one of you, and thank you for being my friend for far longer than most of the people I've met thus far here on the internet. THank you for keeping your promises to the best of your ability, and thank you even more for being the few shining jewels that keep this world glowing a little brighter among most of the cold darkness that seems to thrive. I suppose in some ways it's better that we're all spread out across the world. It's probably better to keep the few lights shining in many places than all in one place...
Courtesy: Think of Other People At Cons!
Posted 14 years agoSeriously, I'm reaching out to all of the people listening (the very few) who have every enjoyed a convention (of any type) and I encourage them to make a journal with this message:
IF YOU ARE SICK, DO US ALL A FAVOR AND EITHER PUT SOMETHING ON YOUR HANDS AND MOUTH OR DON'T COME TO A CON AT ALL...
I know conventions are fun and all, but there are lots of other people going there and your sickness is going to spread like a Charlie Sheen meme. I know it's far beyond people to even care about others, as humanitarianism in this world has gone the way of the Tasmanian Devil or the Dodo Bird, but if there's any glimmer of soul in your body, do these things and help out all of your fellow congoers. Is that hard to do? Probably.
Con crud sucks. Apparently two out of the three people in my apartment have it now. Some irresponsible person out there probably needed much more than 6-2-1, but they neglected themselves for the convention and made everyone else sick because they don't care.
Ugh...right now I hate my clogged up face.....and I hate people too.
IF YOU ARE SICK, DO US ALL A FAVOR AND EITHER PUT SOMETHING ON YOUR HANDS AND MOUTH OR DON'T COME TO A CON AT ALL...
I know conventions are fun and all, but there are lots of other people going there and your sickness is going to spread like a Charlie Sheen meme. I know it's far beyond people to even care about others, as humanitarianism in this world has gone the way of the Tasmanian Devil or the Dodo Bird, but if there's any glimmer of soul in your body, do these things and help out all of your fellow congoers. Is that hard to do? Probably.
Con crud sucks. Apparently two out of the three people in my apartment have it now. Some irresponsible person out there probably needed much more than 6-2-1, but they neglected themselves for the convention and made everyone else sick because they don't care.
Ugh...right now I hate my clogged up face.....and I hate people too.
One long note...
Posted 14 years agoI want to send this message out to all of you...
To those I haven't met, to those I have loved, and even to those I may never meet...
Love for all that you can. Love for all that you are. Share all that you can and cannot spare. Life is a short endeavor and then we pass on we can to whomever can carry on after we die. What torch can be carried across the world, faster and be more inspiring than any Olympic athlete can ever boast, better than the ever-burning fires of love and whatever represents it.
More than any religion can ever teach, and longer lasting than any spirit can wander, Love is one of those things that is both immediate and long lasting. God can offer you a chance to have something tomorrow that you can freely give and take today, for all time; yesterday and tomorrow. There is no uneven playing field. There is no superiority in love. It encompasses both young and old, small and large, living and dead.
If there was anything worth preaching it would be this: Don't let the fire burn in waste.
To those lovers who are fighting, remember that everything heals with time. Those things you found within each other exists, and it only takes a little work to coax it out once more. Things change, as do people, but the treasure that you found never tarnishes...it only changes shape. It is still as glorious and golden as it was however long ago you found it.
To those lovers who are losing hope...find it in one another. Come home. Live. Breath. If nothing else in the world is going right, at least you have found the one person who is right for you. Never lose that hope, even if that person is thousands of miles away from you, it is a hope that can go on until you can coexist with one another in peace. There is nothing and nobody that can take that hope away from you, for it should be one that crosses voids to find.
Finally, to those lovers who are encompassed by worldly grief, never let it affect what you have. No amount of money in the world, and no amount of things, could equal the one great, close, and sweet relationship that you have. Nothing, not this entire Earth, can equal the person that makes you feel the most complete, because these things, these currencies, are meant to be given away. No amount of wealth can equal the richness of the one that you hold every night...and no electric blanket will warm you as deeply as your lover can...
For those of you who have the lovers, hold them and cherish them. They are the single greatest treasures you will ever have. Look into their eyes and see that wonder that caused you two to come together in the first place. Practice that passion that gave the world meaning to you when you're next to them. The world will never be lonely to you...as long as you have the deepest treasure that can ever be given.
When those of you who have yet to find your treasure, keep searching. There is no singularity, no "soul mate" that is the only one that can make you happy. There are many beautiful shells in the sand, and all you have to do is find the one you want to hold forever. Make it your totem, your familiar, and the thing that ties you to this world.
To those I haven't met, to those I have loved, and even to those I may never meet...
Love for all that you can. Love for all that you are. Share all that you can and cannot spare. Life is a short endeavor and then we pass on we can to whomever can carry on after we die. What torch can be carried across the world, faster and be more inspiring than any Olympic athlete can ever boast, better than the ever-burning fires of love and whatever represents it.
More than any religion can ever teach, and longer lasting than any spirit can wander, Love is one of those things that is both immediate and long lasting. God can offer you a chance to have something tomorrow that you can freely give and take today, for all time; yesterday and tomorrow. There is no uneven playing field. There is no superiority in love. It encompasses both young and old, small and large, living and dead.
If there was anything worth preaching it would be this: Don't let the fire burn in waste.
To those lovers who are fighting, remember that everything heals with time. Those things you found within each other exists, and it only takes a little work to coax it out once more. Things change, as do people, but the treasure that you found never tarnishes...it only changes shape. It is still as glorious and golden as it was however long ago you found it.
To those lovers who are losing hope...find it in one another. Come home. Live. Breath. If nothing else in the world is going right, at least you have found the one person who is right for you. Never lose that hope, even if that person is thousands of miles away from you, it is a hope that can go on until you can coexist with one another in peace. There is nothing and nobody that can take that hope away from you, for it should be one that crosses voids to find.
Finally, to those lovers who are encompassed by worldly grief, never let it affect what you have. No amount of money in the world, and no amount of things, could equal the one great, close, and sweet relationship that you have. Nothing, not this entire Earth, can equal the person that makes you feel the most complete, because these things, these currencies, are meant to be given away. No amount of wealth can equal the richness of the one that you hold every night...and no electric blanket will warm you as deeply as your lover can...
For those of you who have the lovers, hold them and cherish them. They are the single greatest treasures you will ever have. Look into their eyes and see that wonder that caused you two to come together in the first place. Practice that passion that gave the world meaning to you when you're next to them. The world will never be lonely to you...as long as you have the deepest treasure that can ever be given.
When those of you who have yet to find your treasure, keep searching. There is no singularity, no "soul mate" that is the only one that can make you happy. There are many beautiful shells in the sand, and all you have to do is find the one you want to hold forever. Make it your totem, your familiar, and the thing that ties you to this world.
Trith @ FWA
Posted 14 years agoYeah, for any of the short list of people watching me, I'll be attending FWA this year it seems! So if you remember this wuffy and would like to meet him at one of biggest East side Furry conventions, tell me! I'll see you there.
How difficult is small talk?
Posted 14 years agoI mean, seriously... What is so difficult about it?
I really get tired of being contacted by furs who don't know how to say more than "hey" "yeah" and "hehe, cool." If you really want to carry on a conversation and get to know me, you're going to have to be able to say more than a couple of words.
Also, don't get mad at me when I blow you off and close the conversation window. If you don't have anything intelligent to say, or you can't even continue what you started, I'm going to not bother with you.
It is really not that hard. There are fun ways to start a conversation or to keep a conversation rolling, even if you don't know what to talk about yet. Weather, location, how hot or cold it is, etc. Saying something random usually also gets a conversation going, even if just long enough to figure out what the hell that random comment was...
So what am I trying to say?! TALK! TYPE! DO SOMETHING! Don't just sit there like a rock with only two-to-three word responses and expect a conversation to just blossom out of nothingness!
GEEZUS I NEED A BEER!
I really get tired of being contacted by furs who don't know how to say more than "hey" "yeah" and "hehe, cool." If you really want to carry on a conversation and get to know me, you're going to have to be able to say more than a couple of words.
Also, don't get mad at me when I blow you off and close the conversation window. If you don't have anything intelligent to say, or you can't even continue what you started, I'm going to not bother with you.
It is really not that hard. There are fun ways to start a conversation or to keep a conversation rolling, even if you don't know what to talk about yet. Weather, location, how hot or cold it is, etc. Saying something random usually also gets a conversation going, even if just long enough to figure out what the hell that random comment was...
So what am I trying to say?! TALK! TYPE! DO SOMETHING! Don't just sit there like a rock with only two-to-three word responses and expect a conversation to just blossom out of nothingness!
GEEZUS I NEED A BEER!
I have to be more furry now? Seriously?
Posted 14 years agoSo I just recently relocated to Auburn, about 2 hours away from Atlanta (which reminds me, I have to sign up for FWA soon), and my new roommate is a very good friend and puffy dragon Ceralor. I'm sure many of you may know him. I'm not sure.
So where I used to live there weren't a whole lot of furries, nor were there a lot of opportunities to meet the ones that were there. I was getting bored with the furry scene because there was really no place to practice it. I was just going through the throes of being a furry because it was what I identified with as something I was excited about at one time in my past.
However, since I moved out, within a short two week period (now into the third week) I have met a lot of furs between Auburn and Atlanta. I have gone to the Atlanta furmeet that happens on Tuesdays, and I have met a few of the local furs. I am starting to have to try and crank up that old furry engine that used to be bubbling with life so long ago and now seems to be running on years-old oil and features a nice little sputter sometimes. Seems I need to clean up some of the old spark plugs and replace some gaskets now that I've moved here. Still unsure what the hell I'm doing, but I'm giving it a shot.
So where I used to live there weren't a whole lot of furries, nor were there a lot of opportunities to meet the ones that were there. I was getting bored with the furry scene because there was really no place to practice it. I was just going through the throes of being a furry because it was what I identified with as something I was excited about at one time in my past.
However, since I moved out, within a short two week period (now into the third week) I have met a lot of furs between Auburn and Atlanta. I have gone to the Atlanta furmeet that happens on Tuesdays, and I have met a few of the local furs. I am starting to have to try and crank up that old furry engine that used to be bubbling with life so long ago and now seems to be running on years-old oil and features a nice little sputter sometimes. Seems I need to clean up some of the old spark plugs and replace some gaskets now that I've moved here. Still unsure what the hell I'm doing, but I'm giving it a shot.
If anyone knows a good artist looking for a good idea...
Posted 14 years agoI have one.
Any furry artists that you know of looking for a new project, send them my way. I have an idea to make some moneh.
Any furry artists that you know of looking for a new project, send them my way. I have an idea to make some moneh.
Move Successful!
Posted 14 years agoOk, so I'm done moving now. I'm in the new apt. My stuff isn't fully in the room yet, but that's only time. I'm a bit nervous about this whole experience. I just have to have faith in myself and know that I can accomplish whatever I set my mind to.
To Auburn I Go
Posted 14 years agoHey, those-who-are-still-watching-me,
So I'm moving, today, to Auburn, AL. If anyone lives in or around Auburn, Montgomery, or even Atlanta, I'm only a short drive away! So if you're in the mind to meet a fur and live in or around those areas, I'd be happy to meet ya!
Thanks!
So I'm moving, today, to Auburn, AL. If anyone lives in or around Auburn, Montgomery, or even Atlanta, I'm only a short drive away! So if you're in the mind to meet a fur and live in or around those areas, I'd be happy to meet ya!
Thanks!
If there's one thing that furries have taught me...
Posted 14 years agoIt's that male furries have boners no matter what kind of situation they're in...
Manly Meme
Posted 15 years agoStolen from :ceralor:, who of course got it from others.
The manly meme ...
01) [] You own tools that you use regularly
02) [x] You carry a wallet
03) [x] You prefer movies or shows where there is more action than romance
04) [ ] You spit on the ground when not in a building.
05) [x] You scratch where it itches when it itches
06) [ ] Your idea of good footwear is boots or tough tennis.
07) [x] Your wardrobe only changes if you gain weight or the clothes fall apart.
08) [ ] You don't count calories when eating.
09) [x] You have deodorant strong enough to make you socially acceptable but not strong enough to make you smell like it.
10) [x] You tend to wipe your hands on your clothes instead of a napkin.
Total So Far: 8
Do you love:
11) [x] Video games
12) [ ] Working on mechanical items.
13) [ ] Building things.
14) [ ] Working out on gym machines
15) [x] Getting in and out of stores as quickly as possible.
16) [ ] Football
17) [ ] Baseball
18) [ ] Wrestling
19) [ ] Boxing
20) [x] Hunting and/or fishing
Total So Far: 11
Do you shop at:
21) [x] Home Depot
22) [x] Lowe's
23) [x] Big and Tall men's stores
24) [ ] Hunting and Fishing supply shops
25) [x] Auto supply stores or other mechanic shops
26) [x] Hobby shops
27) [x] Comic book stores
28) [ ] Sports supply stores
29) [x] Video game stores
30) [x] Electronic supply stores
Total So Far: 19
Do you say:
31) [x] Son
32) [x] I can fix it.
33) [ ] Man-up
34) [x] When I was your age - followed by how far you had to walk and in what weather conditions.
35) [ ] Don't be a wuss.
36) [x] It's just a scratch
37) [ ] Take it like a man.
38) [ ] That's not how you do it.
39) [x] (Shit)
40) [ ] Here's your (insert profanity and what the person just said).
Total So Far: 27
Do you read:
41) [ ] Field and Stream.
42) [ ] Bear Magazine
43) [ ] Playboy
44) [ ] Sports Illustrated
45) [ ] Pro Football Weekly
46) [ ] (European) Comic books
47) [ ] Men's Health
48) [ ] Men's Fitness
49) [ ] Men's Journal
50) [ ] Private Media Group, Inc.
Take your score and multiply by two to get your percentage: 42% which I suppose makes me a fag.
The manly meme ...
01) [] You own tools that you use regularly
02) [x] You carry a wallet
03) [x] You prefer movies or shows where there is more action than romance
04) [ ] You spit on the ground when not in a building.
05) [x] You scratch where it itches when it itches
06) [ ] Your idea of good footwear is boots or tough tennis.
07) [x] Your wardrobe only changes if you gain weight or the clothes fall apart.
08) [ ] You don't count calories when eating.
09) [x] You have deodorant strong enough to make you socially acceptable but not strong enough to make you smell like it.
10) [x] You tend to wipe your hands on your clothes instead of a napkin.
Total So Far: 8
Do you love:
11) [x] Video games
12) [ ] Working on mechanical items.
13) [ ] Building things.
14) [ ] Working out on gym machines
15) [x] Getting in and out of stores as quickly as possible.
16) [ ] Football
17) [ ] Baseball
18) [ ] Wrestling
19) [ ] Boxing
20) [x] Hunting and/or fishing
Total So Far: 11
Do you shop at:
21) [x] Home Depot
22) [x] Lowe's
23) [x] Big and Tall men's stores
24) [ ] Hunting and Fishing supply shops
25) [x] Auto supply stores or other mechanic shops
26) [x] Hobby shops
27) [x] Comic book stores
28) [ ] Sports supply stores
29) [x] Video game stores
30) [x] Electronic supply stores
Total So Far: 19
Do you say:
31) [x] Son
32) [x] I can fix it.
33) [ ] Man-up
34) [x] When I was your age - followed by how far you had to walk and in what weather conditions.
35) [ ] Don't be a wuss.
36) [x] It's just a scratch
37) [ ] Take it like a man.
38) [ ] That's not how you do it.
39) [x] (Shit)
40) [ ] Here's your (insert profanity and what the person just said).
Total So Far: 27
Do you read:
41) [ ] Field and Stream.
42) [ ] Bear Magazine
43) [ ] Playboy
44) [ ] Sports Illustrated
45) [ ] Pro Football Weekly
46) [ ] (European) Comic books
47) [ ] Men's Health
48) [ ] Men's Fitness
49) [ ] Men's Journal
50) [ ] Private Media Group, Inc.
Take your score and multiply by two to get your percentage: 42% which I suppose makes me a fag.
Am I the one who's wrong, or...
Posted 15 years ago...is it all the other wolves who are wrong?
I can't seem to get along with other wolves at all... Most of the ones I converse with are all the same. "I be big ferocious alpha with bad attitude! Rawrawrawr!"
I am a wolf. I am an otherkin. Every day I live with the same ethics: Be nice to others, but don't let them walk on you. Don't disturb my space without my permission. Friends and family come first, and everything else second. Love one and only one. It is not always necessary to be alpha, as long as I'm contributing to the wellbeing of the pack. Live life with honesty, integrity, and be an example of both (even if the rest of the world doesn't).
I don't live to be the alpha, or boss, of anything. I'm not a loner, or I don't consciously try to be one if I am. I love being social...even if it's awkward for me sometimes. Those who are in my pack stay in my pack, unless they betray me, jeopardize my wellbeing, or threaten my family.
So I have a hard time understanding why every wolf I meet is all about the exact opposite. They are either hardened loners, wannabe alphas, or otherwise antisocial furs.
I get along with dragons and felines a lot better than other wolves, it seems. It makes me confused sometimes.
I can't seem to get along with other wolves at all... Most of the ones I converse with are all the same. "I be big ferocious alpha with bad attitude! Rawrawrawr!"
I am a wolf. I am an otherkin. Every day I live with the same ethics: Be nice to others, but don't let them walk on you. Don't disturb my space without my permission. Friends and family come first, and everything else second. Love one and only one. It is not always necessary to be alpha, as long as I'm contributing to the wellbeing of the pack. Live life with honesty, integrity, and be an example of both (even if the rest of the world doesn't).
I don't live to be the alpha, or boss, of anything. I'm not a loner, or I don't consciously try to be one if I am. I love being social...even if it's awkward for me sometimes. Those who are in my pack stay in my pack, unless they betray me, jeopardize my wellbeing, or threaten my family.
So I have a hard time understanding why every wolf I meet is all about the exact opposite. They are either hardened loners, wannabe alphas, or otherwise antisocial furs.
I get along with dragons and felines a lot better than other wolves, it seems. It makes me confused sometimes.
It must be nice...
Posted 15 years agoto have someone to look forward to...
to have someone to work towards...
to have someone to wait for...
to have someone to give you courage...
to have hope out there...
to have someone who loves you...
to have someone who thinks only of you...
to have someone to dream about...
to have someone to share things with...
to have warmth next to you...
to have someone to cherish above all others...
to have someone you'd give your life for...
to have someone think you're beautiful...
to have someone to hold you...
to have unconditional love...
Emo moment...
I feel so alone right now...
I'm going to bed...
to have someone to work towards...
to have someone to wait for...
to have someone to give you courage...
to have hope out there...
to have someone who loves you...
to have someone who thinks only of you...
to have someone to dream about...
to have someone to share things with...
to have warmth next to you...
to have someone to cherish above all others...
to have someone you'd give your life for...
to have someone think you're beautiful...
to have someone to hold you...
to have unconditional love...
Emo moment...
I feel so alone right now...
I'm going to bed...
Suspended Animation
Posted 15 years agoIt's amazing how time flows around us, so neutrally. We never really think about what we have until it's gone...and when it is gone, all we can think about is how badly we want it back. Through the times we're found needing, we associate the darkness with it, all we want is the missing thing that's not there to return once again. It's our light, and our home.
We live life through transitions, and little hopes and dreams in between. We recognize that the world still revolves, even if we're not fully apart of it's cycles. Every day goes by, and somewhere inside we still feel the same, and yet at the same time there's just something crippling deep inside that we just can't understand. There's always something missing. We can see it, even if it doesn't exist in any material plane. We have no memory of it, and yet it serves as a reminder. It's like the ultimate amnesia, with a short term memory that only lasts but for a tiny bit, then goes away as if a wound is healed... Then just as the world cycles, so do we...
I sit here, almost in tears, feeling so blessed and so cursed at the same time. I have what I have now, and I love it. However, there still looms the fact that it, too, will disappear, and I'll be spending more time waiting for it to return... I feel so close, and yet I feel so very far away at the same time. It's almost like someone is standing across a stadium, holding out their hand, and I can feel the warmth of them touching me, but at the same time they're still so far away.
I'm anticipating the next transition. It scares me so much, even if it may not truly hurt at all, or for as long as I think it will. I think I'm more scared of the empty wandering I will be doing until the transition ends...
In a sense, I don't want to go back to being dormant, and in suspended animation. I'm free for a few precious days, and then I must go to sleep again...
We live life through transitions, and little hopes and dreams in between. We recognize that the world still revolves, even if we're not fully apart of it's cycles. Every day goes by, and somewhere inside we still feel the same, and yet at the same time there's just something crippling deep inside that we just can't understand. There's always something missing. We can see it, even if it doesn't exist in any material plane. We have no memory of it, and yet it serves as a reminder. It's like the ultimate amnesia, with a short term memory that only lasts but for a tiny bit, then goes away as if a wound is healed... Then just as the world cycles, so do we...
I sit here, almost in tears, feeling so blessed and so cursed at the same time. I have what I have now, and I love it. However, there still looms the fact that it, too, will disappear, and I'll be spending more time waiting for it to return... I feel so close, and yet I feel so very far away at the same time. It's almost like someone is standing across a stadium, holding out their hand, and I can feel the warmth of them touching me, but at the same time they're still so far away.
I'm anticipating the next transition. It scares me so much, even if it may not truly hurt at all, or for as long as I think it will. I think I'm more scared of the empty wandering I will be doing until the transition ends...
In a sense, I don't want to go back to being dormant, and in suspended animation. I'm free for a few precious days, and then I must go to sleep again...
Going with the Meme - My Fine: $275.50
Posted 15 years agoThe Rules: This is fun to do. Just read the 'offense' and if you've done it, you owe that fine.
You don't have to confess your answers, just the amount of your fine.
NOTE: fines to be added once, not for how ever many times you have done it. And be honest.
Smoked weed -- $10
Did acid or pills -- $5
Ever had sex at church -- $25
Woke up in the morning and did not know the person who was next to you -- $40
Had sex with someone on MySpace/Facebook/Bebo/FA? etc -- $25
Had sex for money -- $100
Ever had sex with a Puerto Rican -- $20
Vandalized something -- $20
Had sex on your parents' bed -- $10
Beat up someone -- $20
Been jumped -- $10
Cross dressed -- $10
Given money to stripper -- $25
Been in love with a stripper -- $20
Kissed someone who's name you didn't know -- $0.10
Hit on some one of the same sex while at work -- $15
Ever drive and drank -- $20
Ever got drunk at work, or went to work while still drunk -- $50
Used toys while having sex -- $30
Got drunk, passed out and don't remember the night before -- $20
Went skinny dipping -- $5
Had sex in a pool -- $20
Kissed someone of the same sex -- $10
Had sex with someone of the same sex -- $20
Cheated on your significant other -- $10
Masturbated -- $10
Cheated on your significant other with their relative or close friend -- $20
Done oral -- $5
Got oral -- $5
Done / got oral in a vehicle while it was moving -- $25
Stole something -- $10
Had sex with someone in jail -- $25
Made a nasty home video or took pictures -- $15
Had a threesome -- $50
Had sex in public -- $20
Been in the same room while someone was having sex --$25
Stole something worth over more than a hundred dollars-- $20
Had sex with someone 10 years older -- $20
Had sex with someone under the age accepted by rule of thumb (half your age plus 7) -- $25
Been in love with two people or more at the same time-- $50
Said you love someone but didn't mean it -- $25
Went streaking -- $5
Went streaking in broad daylight -- $15
Been arrested -- $5
Spent time in jail -- $15
Pissed in the pool -- $0.50
Played spin the bottle -- $5
Done something you regret -- $20
Had sex with your best friend -- $20
Had sex with someone you work with at work -- $25
Had anal sex -- $80
Lied to your mate -- $5
Lied to your mate about the sex being good -- $25
You don't have to confess your answers, just the amount of your fine.
NOTE: fines to be added once, not for how ever many times you have done it. And be honest.
Smoked weed -- $10
Did acid or pills -- $5
Ever had sex at church -- $25
Woke up in the morning and did not know the person who was next to you -- $40
Had sex with someone on MySpace/Facebook/Bebo/FA? etc -- $25
Had sex for money -- $100
Ever had sex with a Puerto Rican -- $20
Vandalized something -- $20
Had sex on your parents' bed -- $10
Beat up someone -- $20
Been jumped -- $10
Cross dressed -- $10
Given money to stripper -- $25
Been in love with a stripper -- $20
Kissed someone who's name you didn't know -- $0.10
Hit on some one of the same sex while at work -- $15
Ever drive and drank -- $20
Ever got drunk at work, or went to work while still drunk -- $50
Used toys while having sex -- $30
Got drunk, passed out and don't remember the night before -- $20
Went skinny dipping -- $5
Had sex in a pool -- $20
Kissed someone of the same sex -- $10
Had sex with someone of the same sex -- $20
Cheated on your significant other -- $10
Masturbated -- $10
Cheated on your significant other with their relative or close friend -- $20
Done oral -- $5
Got oral -- $5
Done / got oral in a vehicle while it was moving -- $25
Stole something -- $10
Had sex with someone in jail -- $25
Made a nasty home video or took pictures -- $15
Had a threesome -- $50
Had sex in public -- $20
Been in the same room while someone was having sex --$25
Stole something worth over more than a hundred dollars-- $20
Had sex with someone 10 years older -- $20
Had sex with someone under the age accepted by rule of thumb (half your age plus 7) -- $25
Been in love with two people or more at the same time-- $50
Said you love someone but didn't mean it -- $25
Went streaking -- $5
Went streaking in broad daylight -- $15
Been arrested -- $5
Spent time in jail -- $15
Pissed in the pool -- $0.50
Played spin the bottle -- $5
Done something you regret -- $20
Had sex with your best friend -- $20
Had sex with someone you work with at work -- $25
Had anal sex -- $80
Lied to your mate -- $5
Lied to your mate about the sex being good -- $25
Why Give Comments?
Posted 15 years agoFor those of you who may read this journal, I need a little perspective.
Why should I vie for comment space? When there's a hundred people on the page of a good artist all kissing ass just the same, why should I join in...especially if the artist usually isn't paying attention anymore? I know I should probably leave one, but what's going to make it stand out or not sound like the same old comments that everyone else gives?
For one, it's hard to get into the habit of leaving comments for other people when nobody takes the time to leave comments on my own work. Secondly, if the artist isn't even paying attention, why should I waste my time?
I comment on journals all the time, especially if someone is asking for help, but on the actual artwork itself I find it hard to leave comments. Maybe it's a bad habit I should correct, but then again I have my own justifications.
Please help...should I kill this habit? Please give more reasons other than "you just should" and "it's the right thing to do."
Why should I vie for comment space? When there's a hundred people on the page of a good artist all kissing ass just the same, why should I join in...especially if the artist usually isn't paying attention anymore? I know I should probably leave one, but what's going to make it stand out or not sound like the same old comments that everyone else gives?
For one, it's hard to get into the habit of leaving comments for other people when nobody takes the time to leave comments on my own work. Secondly, if the artist isn't even paying attention, why should I waste my time?
I comment on journals all the time, especially if someone is asking for help, but on the actual artwork itself I find it hard to leave comments. Maybe it's a bad habit I should correct, but then again I have my own justifications.
Please help...should I kill this habit? Please give more reasons other than "you just should" and "it's the right thing to do."
Merry Xmas
Posted 15 years agoJust a quick journal to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Happy New Year too!
I'm going to go eat pie now...
Happy New Year too!
I'm going to go eat pie now...
Beyond Our Understanding... Why I Cry...
Posted 15 years agoSo I was surfing through nature pictures of wildlife when something happened...
I started to cry...
Now, I'm not one of those die-hard nature conservationalist people who constantly stand in the way of technological advancement and try to teach lions to be vegans. However, if there was anything else these creatures have taught me, it's that this world is so truly beautiful in so many invisible ways. It makes me feel so much pride.
What made me cry, however, is just how we repay them for all that they've done for us. We kill them in such cold blood, celebrate their slaughter, and remain so deathly ignorant. Mother Nature has nurtured our every need since the day humans began roaming the Earth, no matter what religion you're from. This fact has remained always the same. Yet we repay her by senselessly slaughtering her children, devouring her land, and spreading our filth in her water.
What makes me cry...is just the realization of just how ungrateful the human race is. Though I don't hate people for being people, I do hate the absolute ignorance they have the potential to breed. We spend our entire lives chasing down evil and discouraging the monstrosities of the world, but we refuse to see the truth that the biggest most evil monster of all is ourselves.
I started to cry...
Now, I'm not one of those die-hard nature conservationalist people who constantly stand in the way of technological advancement and try to teach lions to be vegans. However, if there was anything else these creatures have taught me, it's that this world is so truly beautiful in so many invisible ways. It makes me feel so much pride.
What made me cry, however, is just how we repay them for all that they've done for us. We kill them in such cold blood, celebrate their slaughter, and remain so deathly ignorant. Mother Nature has nurtured our every need since the day humans began roaming the Earth, no matter what religion you're from. This fact has remained always the same. Yet we repay her by senselessly slaughtering her children, devouring her land, and spreading our filth in her water.
What makes me cry...is just the realization of just how ungrateful the human race is. Though I don't hate people for being people, I do hate the absolute ignorance they have the potential to breed. We spend our entire lives chasing down evil and discouraging the monstrosities of the world, but we refuse to see the truth that the biggest most evil monster of all is ourselves.
2009
Posted 15 years agoStolen from 
0ka. I steal a lot of stuff from her.
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Went an entire year without eating a single pop-tart
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make a resolution, because I knew I couldn't keep it.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thank the heavens, no.
5. What countries did you visit?
None
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A relationship?
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I've always been horrible with dates and tend not to remember them.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Hands down, getting back into college.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I've had a particularly productive year. There have been little failures.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Psiatica. I have developed a major problem with the longest nerve in my body.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Slow financial year. The best thing I've bought so far is Modern Warfare 2
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
None that have really stood out.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
A local Judge, Herman Thomas, was accused by many inmates of spanking and sodomizing them in exchange for lesser sentences or appeals. The evidence shown amounted against him was staggering. However, the jury never casted a true guilt/innocence verdict, yet the judge presiding over the case delivered an innocent verdict for them. Several jurors stepped forward to challenge the premature sentencing, but mysteriously quit persuing the argument three days later. Judge Herman Thomas still presides as judge to this day.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent - Car Repairs
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The final release of my federal grants and the ability to go back to college.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
No Rest for the Wicked - Cage the Elephant
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
A little more satisfied with where my life is headed? Yes.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Explored more possibilies.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Spending time in the heat
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my family, opening gifts.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
No.
22. How many one-night stands?
One, actually... I'll never do it again... I turned the guy straight. >.>;
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Family Guy
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I do, but I will neglect to name them on charge of slander. XD
25. What was the best book you read?
Dreamcatcher - Steven King ... I couldn't put that book down.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
OCRemix - Took me a long time to narrow all of the 1700 songs down to a 300 song list.
27. What did you want and get?
A relationship?
28. What did you want and not get?
Herpes? I don't know.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
9
30. What did you do on your birthday?
Worked...
31. What is one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being able to see one of my close friends, or possibly being able to get another vehicle.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Work uniform and pajamas.
33. What kept you sane?
I have no clue, honestly. I should have gone insane a LONG time ago.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None. I don't care for celebrities.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The healthcare plan that's been going on for so long now.
36. Who did you miss?
Ceralor
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I have two new friends I've made this year...Raaru and Ginxu.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Don't give up, and pounce on the chance when it happens...you never know when it will happen again.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Light up, light up, as if you have a choice. Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear." - Snow Patrol
0ka. I steal a lot of stuff from her.1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Went an entire year without eating a single pop-tart
2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make a resolution, because I knew I couldn't keep it.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Thank the heavens, no.
5. What countries did you visit?
None
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A relationship?
7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I've always been horrible with dates and tend not to remember them.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Hands down, getting back into college.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I've had a particularly productive year. There have been little failures.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Psiatica. I have developed a major problem with the longest nerve in my body.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Slow financial year. The best thing I've bought so far is Modern Warfare 2
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
None that have really stood out.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
A local Judge, Herman Thomas, was accused by many inmates of spanking and sodomizing them in exchange for lesser sentences or appeals. The evidence shown amounted against him was staggering. However, the jury never casted a true guilt/innocence verdict, yet the judge presiding over the case delivered an innocent verdict for them. Several jurors stepped forward to challenge the premature sentencing, but mysteriously quit persuing the argument three days later. Judge Herman Thomas still presides as judge to this day.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent - Car Repairs
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The final release of my federal grants and the ability to go back to college.
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
No Rest for the Wicked - Cage the Elephant
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
A little more satisfied with where my life is headed? Yes.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Explored more possibilies.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Spending time in the heat
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With my family, opening gifts.
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
No.
22. How many one-night stands?
One, actually... I'll never do it again... I turned the guy straight. >.>;
23. What was your favorite TV program?
Family Guy
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I do, but I will neglect to name them on charge of slander. XD
25. What was the best book you read?
Dreamcatcher - Steven King ... I couldn't put that book down.
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
OCRemix - Took me a long time to narrow all of the 1700 songs down to a 300 song list.
27. What did you want and get?
A relationship?
28. What did you want and not get?
Herpes? I don't know.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
9
30. What did you do on your birthday?
Worked...
31. What is one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Being able to see one of my close friends, or possibly being able to get another vehicle.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
Work uniform and pajamas.
33. What kept you sane?
I have no clue, honestly. I should have gone insane a LONG time ago.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
None. I don't care for celebrities.
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
The healthcare plan that's been going on for so long now.
36. Who did you miss?
Ceralor
37. Who was the best new person you met?
I have two new friends I've made this year...Raaru and Ginxu.
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
Don't give up, and pounce on the chance when it happens...you never know when it will happen again.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"Light up, light up, as if you have a choice. Even if you cannot hear my voice, I'll be right beside you dear." - Snow Patrol
